Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 November 2021
637. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call outs outside of County Cork that resulted in admission to Cork University Hospital, the county of call out origin, the distances travelled, the paramedic staff required in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58804/21]
View answer638. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that have been involved in road traffic collisions in 2022 and to date in 2021, by ambulance base, the location of the accident and the reasons for same, in tabular form. [58805/21]
View answer639. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the guidelines under which the operators in ambulance call centres operate when deploying ambulances in terms of care for the length of hours an ambulance crew is on the road and the distance from their home base. [58806/21]
View answer640. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to reconfiguring the National Ambulance Service along a regional basis with a constraint being put on ambulances travelling outside their region unless in the case of a declared emergency such as a road pile-up, major fire and so on. [58807/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 637 to 640, inclusive, together.
As the issues raised by the Deputy in his questions all relate to operational matters for the National Ambulance Service in the first instance I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly, as soon as possible.
